"tune up" meaning in English

See tune up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-tune up.ogg Forms: tunes up [present, singular, third-person], tuning up [participle, present], tuned up [participle, past], tuned up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tune up (third-person singular simple present tunes up, present participle tuning up, simple past and past participle tuned up)
  1. (transitive) To make adjustments (to an engine or bicycle drivetrain) in order to improve its performance. Tags: transitive Synonyms (improve the performance of an engine): soup up Translations (adjust engine): настройвам (nastrojvam) (Bulgarian), tune (Danish), trucar (Spanish), mejorar (Spanish), trimma (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tune_up-en-verb-W50ozFd9 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 22 9 11 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 25 5 8 30 Disambiguation of 'improve the performance of an engine': 55 4 7 26 8 Disambiguation of 'adjust engine': 35 18 15 12 20
  2. (intransitive) To make preparations for vigorous exercise; to warm up. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-tune_up-en-verb-rEkTx9GJ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 22 9 11 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 25 5 8 30
  3. (intransitive) To begin to sing or play music. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-tune_up-en-verb-ynRbn-tt
  4. (intransitive, music) To tune one's instrument in preparation for performance. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-tune_up-en-verb-ETvsZLd0 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 22 9 11 28 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  5. (chiefly US, transitive, idiomatic) To beat up (someone). Tags: US, idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Violence
    Sense id: en-tune_up-en-verb-twwQzBn6 Disambiguation of Violence: 10 17 5 6 62 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 20 4 6 40 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 24 20 7 6 44 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 21 12 8 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 22 9 11 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 25 5 8 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 21 5 6 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 20 16 4 6 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 20 7 9 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 17 6 4 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: tune Related terms: tune-up

Inflected forms

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